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Kičevo
Town in Southwestern, North Macedonia

Kičevo

Kičevo is a city in the western part of North Macedonia, located in a valley in the south-eastern slopes of Mount Bistra, between the cities of Ohrid and Gostivar.

The capital Skopje is 112 km away. The city of Kičevo is the seat of Kičevo Municipality.

Get in

Getting to Kičevo

Buses operating between Skopje and Ohrid stop at the Kičevo bus station, which is located adjacent to the train station, west of the city centre across the highway. Skopje is about two-and-a-half to three hours away, while Ohrid an hour. The road connection of the Kičevo municipality with the other regions in the Republic is satisfactory, despite the mountainous surrounding of the region.

See

Worth seeing

  1. 01
    Kitino Kale

    Located on a prominent hill in the city center, not much remains of the fortress and the area is now a park.

  2. 02
    Church of Saints Peter and Paul

    The main church of the city, Saints Peter and Paul was built in 1907 atop foundations of an older church.

  3. 03
    Kičevo Monastery
  4. 04
    Knežino Monastery
  5. 05
    Church of Saint Nicholas

    One of the more historically significant villages of this area, Cer has one of the more impressive churches.

Eat

Where to eat

  1. 01
    Restaurant Merak
  2. 02
    Fish Restaurant Dobrenoec
  3. 03
    Restaurant Furna

Text adapted from Wikipedia and Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.